NaNo
It's November! Hooray!
I began my nano yesterday. My working title is Shattered Soul. I don't know if I want to keep that title yet. The title fits the overall trilogy I have in mind, but I'm not certain it relates well enough to book one. I guess we'll see for sure when I finish it!
This time I'm trying to write the sucker from a first person point of view. It's a little strange because the most I've ever done from first person was Eye for an Eye (short story that became my first novel, Death to Life) and short little journal excerpts in last years nano, Duty's Tomb. I think the speaker's voice may be a little too formal right now, but as I get going I'll probably get in the swing of it and loosen it up.
My goal today is to get to 6,000 words. That should put me somewhere near the end of chapter two or at the beginning of chapter three. I have a loose outline I'm working with right now, so at least I kind of know where I'm going with it. I also have several pirate and ship books sitting near my computer so that I can try to be accurate and immersive with my details.
If you'd like to read a small excerpt from the beginning of Shattered Soul, you can click on over to here. I'll be changing the excerpt posted every now and then when I find something that I like. My sister has also written a bit (and is ahead of me right now!). You can see her profile by clicking to my writing buddies then clicking on Muskrat. I have to admit I am surprised and very touched that she mentions dedicating her novels to me. I look forward to reading more of her nano as well as the nano of anyone else who decides to participate!
I began my nano yesterday. My working title is Shattered Soul. I don't know if I want to keep that title yet. The title fits the overall trilogy I have in mind, but I'm not certain it relates well enough to book one. I guess we'll see for sure when I finish it!
This time I'm trying to write the sucker from a first person point of view. It's a little strange because the most I've ever done from first person was Eye for an Eye (short story that became my first novel, Death to Life) and short little journal excerpts in last years nano, Duty's Tomb. I think the speaker's voice may be a little too formal right now, but as I get going I'll probably get in the swing of it and loosen it up.
My goal today is to get to 6,000 words. That should put me somewhere near the end of chapter two or at the beginning of chapter three. I have a loose outline I'm working with right now, so at least I kind of know where I'm going with it. I also have several pirate and ship books sitting near my computer so that I can try to be accurate and immersive with my details.
If you'd like to read a small excerpt from the beginning of Shattered Soul, you can click on over to here. I'll be changing the excerpt posted every now and then when I find something that I like. My sister has also written a bit (and is ahead of me right now!). You can see her profile by clicking to my writing buddies then clicking on Muskrat. I have to admit I am surprised and very touched that she mentions dedicating her novels to me. I look forward to reading more of her nano as well as the nano of anyone else who decides to participate!
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